[Again, Lucifer is in the borderlands somewhere, holed up in some ruins. This time, however, the walls behind him are scrawled with charred sigils and there's the residual feeling of magic in the air. Someone - likely the devil himself, but could be anyone! - has recently cast a spell here. If this is a concern to Lucifer, he doesn't make it known. Instead, the camera hovers in front of him as he looks thoughtful.]

This inquiry is directed to individuals with more than five senses. If you can't sense magic, then you can go do something else if you want.

To those who know when the fabric of the universe is being messed with, please continue.

[He clears his throat and wipes ash off his hands.]

At the masquerade, someone was messing around with time. If, my friendly time-messer, you are listening to this, you should let me know. I don't think you will, but just to put that out there.

If you have any other ideas on who is messing with time, I'd love to hear them. And everyone, I imagine. As we're all hostages together, it's important for us to have a greater understanding of what we can do, so we can get things done together.

That's all.



[PRIVATE TO CROWLEY.]

I think you've had a reasonable enough headstart.


[PRIVATE TO PRESTOR.]

Still waiting on those virgins. Don't make me forcibly remove them from you.

[ He picks up his device, using it as a makeshift mirror. ] I wish I were vain enough to keep a mirror on my person when I think of these things.

[ Reaching to left eye, he lightly grabs the eyeball with his index and thumb. He forces the lids back to take a better hold before twisting and carefully pulling the eye out. ]

With the new year coming, I want to make sure I see it well. [ The empty socket has the eye lids half close around it. Segai breathes heavily upon his robotic eye in his hand. Sniffing loudly, he lightly cleans the lens of the eye with a soft cloth. ]

So, how shall you all be celebrating the end of this year and the start of the new?